Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-41.111

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 8, October 30, 2024

Rule 281-41.111 - Child find

(1)General. All children with disabilities residing in the state, including children with disabilities who are homeless children or are wards of the state and children with disabilities who attend private schools, regardless of the severity of their disability, and who are in need of special education and related services, must be identified, located, and evaluated; and a practical method must be developed and implemented to determine which children are currently receiving needed special education and related services.

(2)High-quality general education instruction; general education interventions.

a. As a component of efficient and effective, high-quality general education instruction, it shall be the responsibility of the general education program of each LEA to provide additional support and assistance to all students who may need such additional support and assistance to attain the educational standards of the LEA applicable to all children. Receipt of such additional support and assistance, when considered alone, does not create a suspicion that a child is an eligible individual under this chapter. Activities under this paragraph shall be provided by general education personnel, with occasional or incidental assistance from special education instructional and support personnel.

b. General education interventions involving activities described in rule 281-41.312 (256B, 34CFR300) are a recognized component of an AEA's child find policy pursuant to the policies set forth in subrule 41.407(1) and the procedures set forth in subrule 41.407(2).

(3)Other children in child find. Child find also must include the following:

a. A child who is suspected of being a child with a disability and in need of special education, even though the child is advancing from grade to grade; and

b. Highly mobile children, including migrant children.

(4)Classification based on disability not required. Nothing in the Act requires that children be classified by their disability so long as each child who has a disability that is listed in 34 CFR Section 300.8 and who, by reason of that disability, needs special education and related services is regarded as a child with a disability under Part B of the Act.

(5)Evaluation required when disability is suspected. At the point when a public agency suspects a child is a child with a disability under this chapter, the public agency must seek parental consent for an initial evaluation of that child, pursuant to subrule 41.300(1).

(6)Rule of construction-suspicion of a disability. As a general rule, a public agency suspects a child is a child with a disability when the public agency is aware of facts and circumstances that, when considered as a whole, would cause a reasonably prudent public agency to believe that the child's performance might be explained because the child is an eligible individual under this chapter.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-41.111

ARC 8387B, lAB 12/16/09, effective 1/20/10

Adopted by IAB April 17, 2024/Volume XLVI, Number 21, effective 5/22/2024